The Purple Rose of Cairo is a 1985 film written and directed by Woody Allen. Inspired by Sherlock, Jr., Hellzapoppin' and Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author, it is the tale of a film character who leaves the film and enters the real world.
The Purple Rose of Cairo is the name of a film-within-the-film, with Jeff Daniels playing the dual roles of Tom, a character in the film-within-the-film, and Gil, the actor who portrays Tom. Tom...
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The Purple Rose of Cairo is a 1985 film written and directed by Woody Allen. Inspired by Sherlock, Jr., Hellzapoppin' and Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author, it is the tale of a film character who leaves the film and enters the real world.
The Purple Rose of Cairo is the name of a film-within-the-film, with Jeff Daniels playing the dual roles of Tom, a character in the film-within-the-film, and Gil, the actor who portrays Tom. Tom literally breaks the fourth wall, emerging from the black-and-white into the colorful real world on the other side of the cinema's screen. He is drawn out by Cecilia (played by Mia Farrow), a filmgoer who uses the pastime to escape her bleak Great Depression life and loveless marriage to Monk (Danny Aiello), who she has attempted to leave on numerous occasions. The producer of the film learns that Tom has left the film, and he and Gil fly cross-country to the New Jersey theater where this has happened. This sets up an unusual love triangle...
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